Environment Canterbury
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
Freshwater
The worsening state of New Zealand’s lakes and rivers is a major challenge for regional councils, which play a leading role in managing freshwater in their areas. To this end, regional councils create plans to protect water resources from contaminants and overuse.
We must ensure we improve our water quantity and quality for future generations by continuing to monitor this for future generations.
Enable present and future generations to gain social, economic, recreation, and cultural benefits from our water source in a sustainable way.
All farmers who irrigate must follow good management practices to ensure efficiency and minimise impacts on the environment.
Assist farmers to phase out intensive winter grazing and work with industry to prevent silage leachate from increasing nitrate pollution.
Adopt a 'slow water' strategy to construct wetlands, retention ponds, meanders, and small natural dams to increase groundwater recharge.
Modify existing piped irrigation and water races to increase groundwater recharge and revise good practice guidelines to reflect this.
We must ensure we improve our water quantity and quality for future generations by continuing to monitor this for future generations.
Enable present and future generations to gain social, economic, recreation, and cultural benefits from our water source in a sustainable way.
All farmers who irrigate must follow good management practices to ensure efficiency and minimise impacts on the environment.
Assist farmers to phase out intensive winter grazing and work with industry to prevent silage leachate from increasing nitrate pollution.
Adopt a 'slow water' strategy to construct wetlands, retention ponds, meanders, and small natural dams to increase groundwater recharge.
Modify existing piped irrigation and water races to increase groundwater recharge and revise good practice guidelines to reflect this.
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